Stump puller



March 10, 1925.

C. E. DORSEY S TUMP FULLER Filed June 28, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 March 10, 1925. 1,529,579 1 c. E. DORSEY STUMP FULLER Filed June 28, 1923 s Shets-Sheet 2 m N grave M nn, u

March 10, 1925.

C. E. DORSEY STUMP FULLER Filed June 28, 1923 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 short laterally extending shaft on which a wheel 3 Patented Mar. 1Q, v

UNITED STATES cLAUnE E. DOBSEY, or ELBA,

STUNT FULLER.

Application filed June 28, 1923. Serial No. 648,302.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, CLAUDE E. DORSEY, tudinal side beams 10 which may be of a. citizen of the United States, residing at any suitablematerial for instance meta1-.

Elba, in the county of Cofie'e' and State of lic I beams. Attaching collars-consisting Alabama, have invented certain new and of sections 11 and'12 embrace the housinguseful Improvements in- Stump Pullers; B to pivotally connect said beams 10 thereand I do hereby declare the following to to. The sections lland 12 are detachably be a full, clear, and exact description of bolted or otherwise fastened together as the invention, such as will enable others at 13 and the sections 11 may be riveted as skilled in the art to which it appertains at 14 to the beams 10. Beams 10' at their to make and use the same. rear are spanned by a ibrace 15 which is This invention relates to a stump puller riveted thereto as at 16. Adjacent the forprimarily in the nature of an attachment ward ends, beams 10 are spanned by a cross for tractors. beam 17 which has forwardly extending lugs It is aimed to generally improve .and 18' adapted to receive the enlargement E renderan attachment of this character more between the same whereby it tends to preefiicient andstill maintain its manufacturvent undue lateral motion of the attaching cost at a minimum. ment.

It v1 S fil li almed 9 P & 9 Side beams -10 have suitable sub-structures struction 1n which the driving and pulhng as t lg i t d th t as t 20 d at 21' strainoon thepower drum will be equalized, t a rear cross b 22, Piv tally onnect:

in which the attachment is wheeled, may ed to the cross beam .22 as by a key bolt 23 be 'r at dlfi'erent'speeds, may e fi is a U-shaped hanger 24 mounting an axle ciently steered through the steerin of the 25 on hi h ground h l 26 are "jOurtractor to which it is connected and videa novel means for throwing the 0p stantially universal connection as at 27 crating parts into and 1 1 of g with a. steering bar 28 disposed 'at one side VM addltlonal oblects d fldvanof the machine and adapted for connection tages will become apparent from a consid-' b ns f a clamp or the like at 29, to.

eration of the description following ak steering mechanism of the tractor so that in connection Wlth acc mpanymg d g the steering movement of the tractor will illustrating an operative embodiment.

In said drawingsz- Figure l is a plan view vof the attach ment to a tractor, the latter being shown fragmntarily Figure 2 is a view of the parts of' Figure 1 in side elevation; Y

Figure 3 is a rear elevation; v

Figure A is a cross sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1, and

Figure 5 is across sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 1.

Like reference characters designate like or similar parts in the difi'erent views.

The fragmentary parts of a tractor shown illustrate connection and use of the be imparted to the bar 28 and thus to the wheels 26 since the hanger 24 is swiveled through the key bolt 23.

Suitable bearings 30 are fastened on the side beams 10'and in the same an arbor 31 is journaled for adjustment to difl'erent positions but normally adapted to be stationaryand so secured by-means of a latch PATE T- "OFFICE;

frame which particularly has spaced longit0 P naled. -Axle 25 has suitable flexible sub lever 32 disposable intermediate teeth or projections 33 on one of the bearings 30.

The lever 32 is pivoted at 34 to the arbor and is urged into ,coac-tion with the teeth.

33 by a spring 35 of the expansive type engaging the free end of-the lever and the I arbor. The lever 32 is adapted to be swung against the tensionof spring 35 inorder to attachment and consist of rear wheels A release it from the teeth 33 and then swung which are positively driven by a rear axle in a' path' at a right angle to its axis so journaled in a housing B.. Such rear axle as to adjust the'position of thearbor. Ec or any appropriate part of the transmiscentrically journaled in the arbor 31 is sion of the tractor is adapted to drive a a drivin shaft 36 which carries a sprocket atone end. Trained over the sprocket wheel 0 is keyed. Housing B sprocket wheel 37 is a sprocket chain 38 has a,central enlargement;as at-E. which also passes over the s rocket wheels The attachment consists of a suitable C and is driven thereby. hus the shaft mounting of the shaft 36 therein, the gear,

Y 36 is drivenfrom the transmission mechanism of the tractor. v n

At the end of shaft 36 opposite to sprocket chain 37 is a relatively small spur gear .wheel or pinion 43 which is adapted to wheelf43' may be thrown into and out of mesh. with the gear wheel 44. i

A driven shaft47 is adapted to receive its power'from the shaft 45 and it. has gear wheels 48; and 49 loosely journaled onjshaftv nected to the tractor by securingthe collars 47 soas to normally turn; vindependently .on in or thereof, These gear wheels differ in size and mesh with ear wheels 5O and-51, respectively, also ifiering in size and, keyed to the shaft 45. Extending. outwardly from the hubs of the gears 48 and 49 toward each other, are clutch members 52 and 53, respec i tively adapted to be' selectively engaged" bf a suitable clutch 54 rotatable with its sha 47 but ada ted for slidingmovement'thereder to. selectively enga said clutches 52 and 53 to drive the sha 47 at different speeds due to the difierencein the gear. Clutch 54 is=movable by a lever 55 pivoted at 56 to a bracket .57 and adapted be secured thereto in} neutral and'locked po;

sition through the. niedium of a plunger or' other lock device 58. This lever has a projection 59 which extends into-an annular groove 60 of the clutch 54.

A gear wheel 61 is keyed on the driven shaft 47 and'mesheswith a gear wheel 62 one of the side beams 10. A gear wheel 64 is adapted to mesh with the gear'wheel 62 at times, when the, clutch 54 is neutral ,"with respect to the gears 48 and 49in orderto drive its shaft 47 in reverse direction to the other gearings and the shaft 47 at substan-. tially thehsame speed of rotation as shaft 45. Gear wheel-.64 .is 'slidable on the shaft .45 and splined-theretoso asto turn therewith. Gear 64 has a. collar 65 provided with an annular groove 66 into which the ends having a driving shaft, an endless chain to- 67 of a yoke68 extend and, which yoke is partof a lever 69-pivoted at. 7 Oto a bracketand also to maintain tlfe same "lo ckedwhendesired in engagement with .the gear wheel 62.

Shaft 47 is jourrialed bearings 72 suitably fastenedon the side beams 10. "Pinions or spur gear wheel 73 are keyed to shaft 47 in mesh with relatively large gear wheels 74 carried by. a drum shaft 5- 1ournaled in suitable bearings 76 fastened to the side beams 10. Suitabl fastened on'the shaft main portion of the drum is grooved as at 80 for coaction with a power cable 81 which maybe fastened to the drum by means of a knot or. the like. coacting with a keyhole slot 82 of the drums Thednum may be made of sheet metal suitably stamped into shape and making it substantially hollow. Guiderolle'rs 83, for the cable 81, are journaled on upstanding shafts 84 fastenedv in bar 15 andbeam 22. i v In using the attachment, the same isfconby means of bolts 13 about the housingB and connecting" the chain 38 with the sprocket wheel'D. The chain'38 accord? ingly drives the gear wheel 37 and shaftl36.

With gear wheel 43 in mesh with gear wheel 44, depending upon the adjustment of the arbor 31 under control of latchclever 32,

.shaft- 45 is driven. 'From the shaft 45,"

shaft 47 may be driven at diflerent's'peeds with the clutch '54 in engagement with the :gear wheels 48 land 49, respectfully,

since-theyfare in-mesh with" gear wheels .50 and 51. If desired, while. the clutch 54 is neutral with respect to the. gear wheels 48 and 49, slid into, mesh wit Through the. "connection of the various gears, shaft 47 is driven whichthrough'the ar wheel 64 ma "medium of the gear wheels 73 drives the gears 74 which in turn'driv'ethe shaft 75 and the drum 7 6 carried thereby. As the cable 81 is fastened to the stump to be pulled and also to the drum at thekeyhole slot 82, such cable "is wound about the drum to thereby pull the stump. Should it benecesbe. I the gear whee -62.

sary to pay out a portion of the cable by.

.power, this end may be. broughtabout through the meshing of'the gears 64 and 62; Changes in the details may be resorted to provided 'theyfall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Iclaim as my invention e 1. An' attachment of he lass described drive said shaft from the transmission mechanism of a tractor, an arbo'rin which said shaft is eccentrically"journaled, means operable to vary the position-of the arbor, a

'power drum, means to drive said power having a driving shaft, means to drive said shaft from the transmission. mechanism of a tractor, an arbor in which said shaft is eccentrically 'journaled, means to vary the axial position of theiarbor, a gear wheel on said shaft, a power drum for the attachment, means to drive said power drum from said gear wheel, and the adjustment of said arbor controlling the meshing and demeshing of the first gear wheel with said means and the tension of the first mentioned driving means.

3. An attachment of the class described having a driving shaft, an intermediate shaft, means to drive the intermediate shaft from the driving shaft, a driven shaft, gear wheels normally loose on the driven shaft,

a clutch driven by the driven shaft and adapted to selectively engage said gear wheels, the gearf wheels onthe intermediate 15? shaft in mesh with said gear wheels, an mtermediate gear wheel suitably journaled,

a gear wheel on the driven shaft in mesh with said intermediate gear wheel, and a gear wheel slidable' on the intermediate 20 shaft to engage and disengage said vintermediate gear wheel. In testimon whereof I, aflix my signature in presence 0 two witnesses.

CLAUDE E. DORSEY.

-\Vitnesses: v

D. V. WRIGHT, W. W. SANDERS. 

